28Required report from environmental health officer for certificates of likely compliance (permit building work)

28 Required report from environmental health officer for certificates of likely compliance (permit building work)

(1)  For the purposes of section 131 of the Act, a report is required from an environmental health officer in relation to a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) if the permit building work proposed to be performed under that certificate relates to food premises.

(1A)  [Regulation 28 Subregulation (1A) inserted by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] Subregulation (1) does not apply in respect of proposed permit building work that is determined by the Director of Building Control to be minor in nature.

(2)  A building surveyor who receives an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) in respect of which a report is required under subregulation (1) is to submit to the environmental health officer within the specified period –

(a) a written request, in an approved form, for the report; and

(b) details of the nature of the foods intended to be prepared, and the types of manufacturing processes intended to be undertaken, on the premises; and

(c) if the application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) included a copy of a Food Premises Verification Analysis, 3 copies of the Analysis; and

(d) any relevant drawings, specifications or other documents that relate to the relevant work.

(3)  On receipt of a written request under subregulation (2) in respect of proposed permit building work, the environmental health officer is to prepare a report, in an approved form, that –

(a) [Regulation 28 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] states, in the opinion of the environmental health officer, whether or not each deemed-to-satisfy solution to be used as part of the proposed work is satisfactory to meet the relevant performance requirements of the National Construction Code; and

(ab) may state, in the opinion of the environmental health officer, whether or not each performance solution to be used as part of the proposed work is satisfactory to meet the relevant performance requirements of the National Construction Code; and